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SUPER=#4065
SUPER=70-Connie Stevens;
SUPER=@Robin1;
SUPER=70-Steve Mason;
ANCHOR=Connie
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IN Q=
(( TONIGHT ON NEWS-7 PRIMETIME... DO YOU KNOW WHO THIS IS? BEDFORD COUNTY
AUTHORITIES ARE HOPING SOMEONE CAN IDENTIFY THE SUSPECT AT A CONVENIENCE STORE
ROBBERY OVERNIGHT.
ABOUT 25 PEOPLE DIE EVERY DAY, BECAUSE A BONE MARROW DONOR CAN'T BE FOUND.
EFFORTS IN OUR AREA, AIMED AT BOOSTING THE ODDS FOR A PERFECT MATCH.
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OUT Q=for a perfect match

It's the exclusive community of Rancho Santa Fe-- it's known as the Beverly
Hills of San Diego.
Here's a clip from K-F-M-B's Gail Stewart, overlooking the scene.
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SOT 20:43:37
IN Q=We believe
((AS YOU SAID THIS IS AN AREA OF NOT HOUSES BUT ESTATES, OF HORSE RANCHES,
TENNIS COURTS AND LOTS OF SWIMMING POOLS. IT'S BEAUTIFUL. AT THIS WE'RE TOLD
THE PEOPLE HAD BEEN RENTING THIS HOME SINCE OCTOBER.))
SUPER=02-Gail Stewart/KFMB Reporter; :
RUNS=:15
OUT Q=since oct.
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VO-NAT

The latest though, according to the Associated Press, next-door-neighbors
say deputies told them there are about 30 bodies in the home.
Other news accounts say there may be as many as 49 bodies reportedly found.
We'll have more, as details become available.
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P-Airborne-Crash

Federal authorities released a computer generated re-creation of what was
considered the worst air-craft disaster in Southwestern Virginia.
It's been three months since the Airborne Express cargo plane crashed.
Along with that video tape, the National Transportation Safety Board also
released a 300 page public docket on the disaster.
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VO-NAT

On December 22nd, the D-C-8 was TAKEN on a test run.
It took off from Greensboro, North Carolina and was headed to Ohio.
Problems started just minutes into the flight. After a half-hour in the
air, it slammedSUPER=03-Giles Co./December 1996;
head-on into East River Mountain near Narrows... killing all six people on
board.
The docket contains a detailed summary of the flight as well as the
conversation between the pilot and the flight tower.
But at this point, the NTSB has NOT released the cause of the crash.
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p-Forest-Robbery

Bedford County authorities want help tracking down a suspect in an early
morning robbery in Forest.
The suspect entered the Quik-E food store around 1:45, acted as if he had
a weapon, and demanded money from the cashier.
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SOT 2:45:35
IN Q=All right this
((ALL RIGHT THIS IS A HOLDUP, GIVE ME ALL THE MONEY IN THE REGISTER RIGHT NOW.
RIGHT NOW! RIGHT NOW OR I'LL SHOOT ALL OF YOU, RIGHT NOW! GIVE THE MONEY IN THE
REGISTER RIGHT NOW!))
SUPER=04-Surveillance Camera Video; :00
RUNS=:09
OUT Q=in the register, right now! (5th "right now")
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***connie on cart***
The robber escaped through a nearby industrial park.
Authorities hope someone will recognize the man's voice and give them a
call.
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SOT 2:49:40
IN Q=No at this
((LT. JOHN MCCANE/BEDFORD SHERIFF'S DEPT.: NO, AT THIS POINT, OTHER THAN THE
VIDEO AND THE VERY VAGUE WITNESS DESCRIPTIONS, WE DON'T HAVE MUCH TO GO ON AT
ALL. WE'D APPRECIATE SOME HELP, ANYBODY THAT CAN GIVE US SOME INFORMATION.))
SUPER=01-Lt. John McCane/Bedford Co. Sheriff's Dept.; :00
RUNS=:08
OUT Q=some information.
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NATSOT
((RIGHT NOW! I AIN'T GOT ALL DAY LADY, COME ON!))
RUNS=:05
OUT Q=come on!
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VO-NAT

Anyone with information about the crime can call 540-586-7714.
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p-Cruz

ANCHOR=Connie
NEWSCAST=10
WRITER=KHu
TAPE#97-9
GRAPHIC=Pamela Cruz

The ex-wife of drug-informant Javier Cruz was in court today for the first
time in six years.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Roanoke

Pamela Cruz has been out on bond since she was first arrested and charged
in the sweeping drug indictment involving her husband and Leo Rivera.
She's charged- -along with several other lesser players- -in two counts of
conspiracy to import and distribute cocaine.
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ANCHOR=Connie
SS=hold

The 38-year old North Carolina resident pled NOT guilty today. She faces a
minimum 10-year sentence on each count if she's convicted.

P-Aris

ANCHOR=Connie
NEWSCAST=10pm
WRITER=THa
TAPE#597-08
GRAPHIC=new jobs

A company known nationwide, is creating hundreds of new jobs in nearby
Pittsylvania County.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Pittsylvania Co.;
Aris Isotoner is a leading manufacturer of gloves and slippers.

It's moving into the East Bowles Distribution center on Route-29.
The company plans to initially employ 100-people at the Pittsylvania County
location.
During peak season an additional 400-people will be needed.
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SOT
IN Q=It shows
((ALLAN LIBBY/DANVILLE AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE PRES.:IT SHOWS CONFIDENCE IN
THE MARKET, I THINK IT SAYS SOMETHING ABUT THE LABOR FORCE THAT'S HERE. IN
JUST, IN SPEAKING WITH SOME COLLEAGUES OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS, I JUST
THINK THERE'S A SENSE OF ENTHUSIASM IN A SENSE THAT THINGS ARE HAPPENING RIGHT
NOW AND I THINK THAT SUCCESS CAN BREED SUCCESS. ))
SUPER=01-Allan Libby/Danville Area Chamber of Commerce Pres.; :00
RUNS=:20
OUT Q=breed success.
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VO-NAT
The new Aris Isotoner facility will consolidate the distribution centers in
Wisconsin and Greensboro, North Carolina.
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wipe wipe wipe

p-Kroger

It appears workers at the Kroger distribution center in Roanoke County WON'T
lose their jobs because of union seniority.
The supermarket chain is expanding its warehouse here and closing one in
West Virginia.
SUPER=@File;

Union rules dictate that many of the West Virginia workers get first shot at
the 125 new jobs being created here.
But Kroger says its current count of the transfer requests indicates none of
the Roanoke County workers will get bumped out of their jobs.
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ANCHOR=Connie
SS=Kroger

Kroger points out though, that it's still waiting to hear from several West
Virginia workers.
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ANCHOR=Connie
SUPER=x5040; Primetime Tease Load
SUPER=x5045; Start Motion
SUPER=x5041; Primetime Tease Stop

Plus Tracy Altizer tells us how Virginia fruit growers are feeling the sting
of a declining honeybee population...the story when NEWS-7 Primetime returns.
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P-Landfill-Rates

ANCHOR=Connie
NEWSCAST=10
WRITER=JoeD
TAPE#597-09
GRAPHIC=NONE

The Roanoke Valley Resource Authority has approved a budget that raises
landfill tipping fees for local governments, and lowers them for high-volume
private haulers.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Roanoke;

With some commercial haulers now carrying waste out of state, revenues have
not matched expectations.
The Resource Authority hopes to reclaim some of that trash by offering
rebates to high volume haulers.
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SOT
IN Q=We've had to cut out
((JOHN HUBBARD/ROANOKE VALLEY RESOURCE AUTHORITY: WE'VE HAD TO CUT OUT
HAZARDOUS HOSUEHOLD WASTE COLLECTION DAY AND WE'VE HAD TO INCREASE RATES TO THE
CITY, COUNTY AND TOWN AND THAT'S BEEN UNFORTUNATE, BUT IF WE CAN WITH THE
VOLUME DISCOUNTS REGAIN SOME OF THAT LOST FLOW, I THINK IT'S AN EFFORT THAT'S
BEEN WORTHWHILE.))
SUPER=01-John Hubbard/Roanoke Valley Resource Authority;
RUNS=:21
OUT Q=been worthwhile.
ANCHOR=Connie
SS=NONE

If the local governments approve the budget, the new rates will take
effect July first.

p-Goodlatte

ANCHOR=Connie
NEWSCAST=10pm
WRITER=aje
TAPE#97-16
GRAPHIC=Internet

Many people now use the internet for shopping and other transactions.
But just how safe is such business?
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Roanoke;

Congressman Bob Goodlatte is proposing legislation which he says would
protect internet users, using a process called encryption.
That's a program which scrambles computer messages into an un-readable code
that only authorized readers can DE-code.
Goodlatte says his proposed Safe Act will protect privacy and prevent crime
on-line.
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SOT
IN Q=We don't want
(( ))
SUPER=@Goodlatte;
RUNS=:07
OUT Q=covering up a crime.
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VO-NAT

Goodlatte says the plan would also create jobs because American companies
would market the software for encryption around the globe.
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P-Internet-Paper

ANCHOR=Connie
NEWSCAST=10
WRITER=abr
TAPE#597-13
GRAPHIC=Internet

There's a new newspaper covering Martinsville, but don't look for it at
the newsstands.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Martinsville;

The Martinsville Post can only be found on the World Wide Web.
Suzanne Albanese works at a local credit office--
During her lunch hour, she becomes a reporter, photographer and editor.
She uses a digital camera to cover stories and also makes sales calls.
The newspaper is put together each night on her computer.
Feedback from this "local" paper has come from as far away as Hawaii.
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SOT 00:02:04
IN Q=That was really
((SUZANNE ALBANESE/MARTINSVILLE POST: AND THAT WAS REALLY EXCITING, HE WAS FROM
THIS AREA ORIGINALLY AND HE NEVER THOUGHT ABOUT SUBSCRIBING TO THE LOCAL PAPER
BUT THIS IS GREAT BECAUSE HE'S A REAL COMPUTER ENTHUSIAST AND HE CAN SEE WHAT'S
HAPPENING IN HIS OLD HOME TOWN.))
SUPER=01-Suzanne Albanese/Martinsville Post;
RUNS=:13
OUT Q=old home town
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VO-NAT

Albanese is thrilled with her hobby but hopes to one day turn it into a
business.
DISSOLVE TO PINNACLE
You can read the Martinsville Post on the World Wide Web at
WWW-dot-Martinsvillepost-dot-com.
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P-Bee-Houses

ANCHOR=Connie
NEWSCAST=10
WRITER=tal
TAPE#97-11
GRAPHIC=None

A lack of bees may not sound like a bad thing...unless you're a fruit or
vegetable grower.
Students at Carroll County Intermediate School are trying to ease their
pain.
Tracy Altizer reports.
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SOT
IN Q=From the looks of
SUPER=03-Carroll Co.; 00
SUPER=01-Gary Larrowe/Cooperative Extension Agent; :09 (Quick!)
SUPER=01-Willie Hill/Orchardist; :18
SUPER=@Tracy1; :35
SUPER=01-Brandon Edwards/Future Farmers of America; :1:06
RUNS=1:24
OUT Q=Altizer, News 7.

((From the looks of the blooms, Willie Hill could have an abundant peach
crop, as long as the honey bees pollinate.
The problem is, mites are rapidly killing them off.
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SOT 12:09:32
((GARY LARROWE/CARROLL CO. EXTENSION AGENT: YOU ACTUALLY SEE A REDUCTION IN
CROP PRODUCTION BECAUSE OF THE LACK OF THE BEES. ))
RUNS=:04

Hill and other growers are having to rent honey bees, driving their
production costs up.
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SOT 12:55:54
((WILLIE HILL/CARROLL CO. ORCHARDIST: RIGHT NOW IT'S ABOUT 25 DOLLARS A STAND
TO RENT THEM.
QUESTION: AND HOW MANY STANDS DO YOU HAVE TO RENT?
HILL: ABOUT 20 FOR 50 ACRES. ))
RUNS=:09

But for the first time, Hill is seeing a new bee on his blooms, orchard
masons which hatched in specially- made houses placed in his orchard last Fall.
suOne benefit of the orchard masons is that they're much more efficient. It
only takes 250 to 750 of them to pollinate one acre in an orchard. It takes up
to 120 thousand honeybees to do the same job.
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SOT nat of drill 11:11:58
RUNS=:02

4-H'ers and students in Future Farmers of America at Carroll Intermediate
are making the houses for the second year.
They'll distribute 350 FREE through cooperative extension offices. They've
even gotten a SALE order, and hope the project will eventually pay for itself.
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SOT 11:30:57
((BRANDON EDWARDS/FUTURE FARMERS OF AMERICA: FEELS PRETTY GOOD TO KNOW THAT YOU
HELPED MANY FARMERS PRODUCE MORE FRUIT THIS TIME, AND YOU'RE HELPING THE
ENVIRONMENT AS WELL. ))
RUNS=:09

The masons are finding the houses... 100 placed along the Blue Ridge Parkway
have been up to 75 percent full. Tracy Altizer, News-7.))

P-Pet-Pig

ANCHOR=Connie
NEWSCAST=10pm
WRITER=abo
TAPE#97-18
GRAPHIC=none

Pat Earles and her son Chuck are on a crusade to save a loved one--
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Roanoke; :

Their pig.
They've been cited for violating a city ordinance against keeping swine-
but the owners of 70-pound "Porky" say they're not giving up.
After an unsuccessful plea to City Council, they've hired a lawyer.
Earles says the Vietnamese Pot-Bellied Pig is part of their family- and
doesn't bother anyone.
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SOT 3:30:01
IN Q=So umm, we're going
((PAT EARLES: SO UMM, WE'RE GOING TO TRY AND KEEP HIM, HOPEFULLY WE CAN MAKE
THEM REALIZE THAT IT'S NOT A FARM PIG- HE'S A PET, HE'S LIKE A DOG.
CHUCK WHATELY: YEAH, HE'S ABOUT THE SAME AS A DOG. HE ACTS LIKE A DOG.))
SUPER=07-Pat Earles; :00
SUPER=07-Chuck Whately; :09
RUNS=:14
OUT Q=acts like a dog
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VO-NAT

Even though other pig owners have been unsuccessful, Earles says she wants
the law to change-- allowing residents to own one miniature pig as a pet.
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P-Cancer-Risk

ANCHOR=Connie
NEWSCAST=10pm
WRITER=cst
TAPE#NONE
GRAPHIC=bone marrow

Tonight on Health Check-- new research says bone marrow transplants
intended to cure cancer can in some cases CAUSE cancer years later.
A study by the National Cancer Institute says the reason appears to be the
high doses of radiation that are necessary with the procedure.
The study will appear in tomorrow's New England Journal of Medicine.

p-bone-marrow

ANCHOR=connie
NEWSCAST=10pm
WRITER=afr
TAPE#597-17
GRAPHIC=HOLD

Meantime, until more is understood with the implications of those findings--
the Marrow Donor Center of the Virginias continues its mission to boost the
bone marrow registry.
25-people die every day, unable to find a match for a bone marrow
transplant.
Melissa Tickle received life-saving treatment five years ago.
Today, she met her donor for the second time.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Salem;

A match isn't easy to find.
The National Marrow Donor Program had to go all the way to England to find
Jim (Lie-dull) Lydle.
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SOT7:33:49
IN Q=
((JIM LYDLE/BONE MARROW DONOR: VERY PROUD TO DO SUCH A THING, NOT MUCH I CAN DO
IN THE WORLD, BUT I SEEM TO HAVE ACHEIVED SOME SUCCESS.))
SUPER=01-Jim Lydle/Bone Marrow Donor;
RUNS=:08
OUT Q=SOME SUCCESS.
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VO-NAT

Tickle says the success would be greater, but she believes people are afraid
to participate in a donor drive.
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SOT 7:32:37
IN Q=
((MELISSA TICKLE/THE WORST THING YOU COULD DO IS SAVE SOMEONE'S LIFE ))
RUNS=:04
OUT Q=someone's life
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Daytona Beach, FL/February;

The marrow donation program got some much-needed publicity in November.
That's when it was discovered NASCAR team owner Rick Hendrick has Leukemia.
The racing community rallied behind the cause.
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SOT6:31:57
IN Q=A TYPICAL
((STEVE LOVELACE/MARROW DONOR CENTER: A TYPICAL SUNDAY, WE GET 40-60 CALLS,
THE DAY AFTER DAYTONA, WE GOT ABOUT 17 THOUSAND.))
SUPER=01-Steve Lovelace/Marrow Donor Center;
RUNS=:06
OUT Q=Thousand
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VO-NAT

You can find out more about becoming a donor by calling 1-800-M-A-R-R-O-W-2
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cool-video

For our video pick tonight-- let's remember for a moment, Captain
Kangaroo....
The show stirs up instant childhood memories for many of us.
Now, a search is on for a new Captain.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=75-New York;

Close to a thousand people have auditioned in this nation-wide talent
quest.
They've got to find a lead, as the children's show returns to TV this fall.
Among--the job requirements... getting along with Mister Moose and Bunny
Rabbit.
The original Captain Kangaroo, Bob Keeshan, amused kids for more than four
DECADES...before calling it quits four years ago.
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SUPER=x5043; Video of the Day Stop

SP-Score

ANCHOR=Steve
NEWSCAST=10pm
WRITER=sma
TAPE#=S6-24
GRAPHIC=NONE

Some big questions need answering in primetime sports. Will Radford be
looking for a new mens basketball coach? What's up with Dennis the Mennis, and
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VO-NAT eng#
SUPER=03-Norfolk; :00

Radford Sources say Bradley met with Indiana State athletic Director Larry
Gallo today about the job Sherman Dillard vacated to take the JMU post.
Dillard and Bradley both coached under Left Driesell at Maryland and are
said to be good friends.
Bradley was also interviewed for the Richmond job last Thursday. The
Highlanders were 15 and 13 this past season and were knocked out of the Big
South Tournament in the semi finals.
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SP-Rodman

ANCHOR=Steve
NEWSCAST=10pm
WRITER=sma
TAPE#ST5-26
GRAPHIC=Rodman

Dennis Rodman will miss the rest of the NBA regular season, not because of a
suspension, but because of injury to his left knee on a freak play last night.
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VO-NAT eng#
SUPER=03-Chicago/Last Night; :00

With just two seconds to play in the Bulls game with the Mavs, A.C. Green
slips in front of Rodman to box him out.
Rodman steps and then comes up limping as his left knee buckles a bit.
He has a sprained medial collateral ligament that will force him to miss the
Bulls final 13 regular season games.
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SOT
IN Q="He will...
((JERRY KRAUSE/BULLS GENERAL MANAGER:))
SUPER=01-Jerry Krause/Bulls General Manager; :00
RUNS=:25
OUT Q=...THE PLAYOFFS."

SP-NHL

ANCHOR=Steve
NEWSCAST=10pm
WRITER=sma
TAPE#S7-2
GRAPHIC=NHL

The NHL has experienced its share of teams changing cities in the past five
years, and now they are about to deal with another such move.
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VO-NAT eng#
SUPER=03-Hartford, CT; :00
The Hartford Whalers, have struggled to win games and sell tickets since they
began playing in the city in 1975 say they are leaving.
And there's no doubt the team is serious about the move.
The team has rejected an offer from the state to build the team a new 147-
million dollar arena.
And to leave the city the team has to pay Hartford 20- million bucks.
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SP-Tiki

ANCHOR=Steve
NEWSCAST=10pm
WRITER=sma
TAPE#ST5-27
GRAPHIC=TIKI BARBER

Finally, Tiki Barber has been busy both on the NFL testing field and off it
since the Cavaliers season ended back in December. Public appearances are now
his trade as
SS=NFL DRAFT 97

Just like his jump to College, Tiki says he expects a serious period of
adjustment to the pro game.
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SOT
IN Q="YOU GOTTA...
((TIKI BARBER:))
RUNS=:13
OUT Q=...THE OPPORTUNITY."
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VO-NAT CON'T

Jim Druckenmiller is also keeping busy preparing for next month's draft.
We'll hear from Druck latter on tonight at 11 on WDBJ.
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preview-boards

ANCHOR=Connie
NEWSCAST=10
WRITER=amo
TAPE#bds
GRAPHIC=none

That's all for us-- but for more news in 30- minutes ...Here's what you'll
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see on NEWS-7 over on WDBJ-7.
SUPER=x5024; Coming up at 11 Load
SUPER=76-Mass Suicide in CA;

the latest information on our top story--
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VO-NAT

39 bodies were discovered in what authorities are calling a mass suicide
near San Diego, California.
They are described as white males, ages 18 to 24.
Television stations in Los Angeles are reporting the body count close to 50
at the rented mansion in an exclusive area.
Neighbors say as many as ten middle-aged men and women appeared to
live in the rented home.
So far their causes of death has not been released...
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SUPER=x5025; Coming up at 11 Stop
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ANCHOR=Connie
SS=NONE
Primetime, see you tomorrow. goodnight.
Jean Jadhon will be along over on WDBJ-7. Thanks for watching NEWS-7